I Love Life, Have Had a Lucky One, and Feel No Real Guilt About Being a Fortunate Son … but I Do Make a Small Effort to “Give Back” … (My Fortune HAS Been Quite Different From the Focus of the Amazing Creedence Clearwater Song)

(45) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son (Official Lyric Video) – YouTube Mom St. Louise, Dad, Roy Orbison, Uncle Peggy, Tony & Robert Cruz, Coach Gus, Ruth Allen, Mrs. Wilkinson & Belew, Lacy Haywood, Dr. Joe Schaffner, Pete Lingren, ELIZABETH FLORENCE HOFFMANN MARTIN (Betsy), Johnny Hoffmann, David Pimentel, Alton Sparks, Jeremy Bain, John Alton, Angela […]

MORE RANTS. (For My Loving Brothers et al.)

Obviously “Less Is More!” We must be advocates for and practitioners of degrowth. … (Moreover, “’Green’ growth is a ‘fantasy’ with ‘no empirical support.’” [Economic anthropologist Jason Hickel]) We DESPERATELY need “Positively Ethical Applied Community Ecology”/PEACE across the curricula & campuses of all human organizational entities in order to realize critical thinking, decision-making, and appropriate […]

Ecological Learning ZOOM Meeting with Ogallala Commons. One Sustainability Thing (March 21, 2023)

Learning Call_03-21-23_Sustainability-Video.mp4 – Google Drive Small Steps in Sustainability OC Call Resources 3-21-2023 – Google Drive This was a rewarding learning process for me to facilitate … and an honor. (And tonight, April 18, 2023 it happens again with Blaze Diamond, regional Coordinator for Ogallala Commons Staff – Ogallala Commons doing the facilitating!) **************************** My […]

simplistic overview of a human condition here on eaarth, 2023

i am happy … many of us humans are relatively comfortable and satisfied my immediate family & extended family and friends are relatively contented … they have considerable power … especially the whites, the anglos, the males, the heterosexuals, the Haves, the U.S. citizens, … “the Blessed” ………………………… but what about those necessarily leaving their […]

What for Me Is … a Wonderful Life of Trying to Live the Golden Rule

Mostly I want to help direct change toward socio-ecological justice, i.e., real & constructive communication, pacifism, “Caring and Sharing”, and lowering our individual & collective ecological footprints through a “Less Is More” attitude and lifestyle … in solidarity. I came to this not through faith in a mysterious God of Mystery. It was through formative […]

Small Chat Can Lead to Big Talk, Decision-Making & Action, IF! … If You Persist … and If You Let It

My thoughts constantly ping in this empty head … wanting to get out … for better or worse … for good or for toxicity! But the mornings are always of knee stiffness and chronic but slight aches (not pain!) and worry about falling … and stomach queasiness. Not serious hurt, but nags in getting the […]

“Poetic” Endeavor Toward Profound Holism and Achieving Quality Life for All. (Trying to Communicate with Dear Family & Friends et al. within Overwhelming Doctrine From Birth & Subsequent Chaotic Information from Electronic News … Misinformation, Disinformation, Untruths, …)

on an Eaarth of much prejudice i have benefited as an anglo, a u. s. citizen, a heterosexual male born healthy into a middle-class family from being a recipient of a Texas A&M University Opportunity Award Scholarship based in part on need and from the GI Bill and as a capitalistic ecosocialist … i am […]